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April Specials, Check out our website for
details.
Free pipe case with purchase of each new set
of pipes.
May 1st - Early registration due for Lake
Diefenbaker Pipe School
May 19th - Moose Jaw Highland
Games
May 20th - Regina Highland Games
May 26th - Tattoo in Regina
May 31st-June 2 - Mosaic in Regina
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List of Events
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Feature Article
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Kirkin' o' the Tartan
After the Battle of Culloden on April 16, 1746, the
English Parliament banned wearing tartan, speaking
Gaelic, Scottish music, dancing, or playing the
pipes. Any person caught doing anything of these
could be shot on sight, arrested, or exiled to the
colonies. This ban lasted for 36 years.
Legend says the Highlanders devised a plan to hide a
piece of tartan in their clothing during church. At a set
time during the service, they would hold the tartan and
bless it. When the Scots were forced to fight for the
British Army, it is said that the women would take a
piece of their tartan to the Kirk (church) to be blessed
and to pray for protection of their clan. Thus came the
Scottish celebration known as the Kirkin' O' the
Tartan.
Since 1941, the Kirkin' O' the Tartan has been
practiced throughout Canada and the U.S. Instead of
hiding the tartan, during the ceremony a
representative of each clan place pieces of tartan on
the church alter to be blessed.
The Kirkin' O' the Tartan occurs on Reformation
Sunday, the Sunday closest to Oct. 31, and in April.
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Highland Dress
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